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ISSUE 95 A/W 2014 Indie Kitchen Records are proud to announce the launch of Tom James’ E.P., Blood to Gold. Visit us online for further details. PROFESSOR GREEN

Surfers Against Sewage have been working closely with Indie Kitchen over the summer festival season, with lots of live music and events. Take a look at our videos on SAS TV.

WARD THOMAS Community, Waves, Environment.

Welcome to the autumn national campaigns and interna- edition of Pipeline magazine tional inﬂuence to better protect

and thanks for all your support unique and valuable coastal SURFERS AGAINST SEWAGE this year. It’s been a phenomenal environments, and all those that

Registered Charity year of cutting-edge campaign enjoy them. in England & Wales no. 114587 progress; real-time water We recently launched quality information provided our Protect Our Waves All Chief Executive Hugo Tagholm at more locations than ever Party Group (POW APG) [email protected] before; breath-taking numbers in Westminster, which now Campaign Director Andy Cummins [email protected] of volunteers and campaigners provides SAS with a fantastic taking action with us at beaches new platform to directly inﬂu- Education & Campaign Manager Dom Ferris [email protected] nationwide; and Surfers Against ence politicians and businesses

Volunteer & Campaign Coordinator Sewage campaigns even making on the issues we all care about. Jack Middleton [email protected] it into the Queen’s Speech. This Through this group, we will be Campaign Officer year has also seen international seeking innovative new ways to David Smith [email protected] recognition for our environmen- tackle marine litter, protect and Beach Clean Coordinator Leticia Hooper [email protected] tal initiatives at an all-time high; improve bathing water quality, fantastic levels of engagement and safeguard sites of special Fundraising Manager Peter Lewis [email protected] from supporters at festivals new surfing interest. As the first-ever

Fundraising Officer and old; and some of the strong- APG specifically focused on Katy Sweeny [email protected] est political influence the these issues, it will allow us to Finance Manager organisation has ever had. None suggest radical and effective Jo Burn [email protected] of this would be possible if it solutions, and create consensus Finance Assistant Jo Bennett [email protected] wasn’t for you, our members, and with business leaders, regulators we’re stoked to be working with and charities, in order to acceler- Membership Co-ordinator Jessica North [email protected] you to protect the future of our ate action to protect our waves,

SAS Shop Coodinator waves, oceans and beaches. oceans, beaches and coastal Jane Roderick [email protected] Surfers Against Sewage today environment. Trustees: represents over 100,000 regular One of the key legislative Dr Tony Butt Steve Challinor supporters and has a network drivers for the POW APG is Peter Crane Lauren Davies of Regional Reps leading strong the Marine Strategy Frame- Alex Dick-Read Jim Gorrod and engaged coastal communi- work Directive (MSFD), which Richard Gregory Chris Hides ties right around the UK. If you requires the UK to put in place Ben Hewitt Martin Hunt haven’t had time to connect with measures to achieve or maintain Lesley Kazan Pinfield Alex Wade your local SAS Rep yet, please do ‘Good Environmental Status’ for Cover Image: Andy Hughes © 2012 get in touch via our website. We our oceans and beaches by 2020. andyhughes.net are also at a really exciting stage At our first meeting, we released Photographers: Alex Callister, Al Mackinnon, Greg ‘Danger Bay’ of development and the next our latest scientific report, the Martin, Exile Design, Andy Hughes, Jono Van Hest, Hank Kordas, Mike Newman five-year period - 2015 – 2020 Marine Litter Report, present- - offers us an unprecedented ing it to the Department of the Design: A-Side Studio opportunity to progress our Environment, Food and Rural www.a-sidestudio.co.uk 4 Affairs (Defra) for consideration. at many of the country’s favourite are better regulated during this The report calls for an ambi- bathing waters. This has already period to protect recreational tious 50% reduction in marine safeguarded tens of thousands of water users. It is also stagger- litter by 2020, suggesting bold swimmers, surfers and bathers ing that surfers aren’t currently new measures across public from almost 4,000 separate seri- considered bathers by the Bath- action, company responsibility ous sewage spills. This year, the ing Water Directive, a loophole and government legislation that prevalence of these raw sewage that potentially puts you at much could help deliver this target. In spills has finally dispelled the more risk of illness than the a recent poll we conducted with myth that there is no longer a average summer-time bather. our supporters, marine litter was recreational water quality issue This is something that we’ll be highlighted as your biggest envi- in the UK. There is. addressing with the European ronmental concern. Together we We believe that provision of Commission through our newly must ramp up our efforts to turn this vital public health informa- confirmed participation in the the tide of trash. tion should become a mandatory Bathing Water Directive Expert Next year will also see the requirement for all UK water Group in Brussels. revised European Bathing Water companies, which we will be I hope you enjoy this edi- Directive come into force, which raising as part of the POW APG. tion of Pipeline, including the threatens to report on reduced We also believe there is a strong excellent article by SAS trustee classifications and standards case to extend the current Bath- Dr Tony Butt and our exclusive at many UK beaches. Since ing Season (May - September), interview with SAS supporter, 1990 Surfers Against Sewage which would better reflect the novelist, surfer and environ- has campaigned tirelessly for significant use of our beaches mentalist Tim Winton. improvements in bathing water & bathing waters for many Thanks for your support and quality nationwide, and we will more months of the year than see you in the water, be redoubling our efforts to en- is currently covered. A recent sure everyone is fully protected Defra consultation reported whilst enjoying the sea. over 70% of respondents called Over recent years, SAS has for a longer bathing season. been the sole UK organisation Regular water quality testing Hugo Tagholm calling for and providing real- only occurs during the Bathing Chief Executive time water quality information Season and sewage discharges

5 Finisterre rider Matt Smith ﬁnding independence in Scotland © Al MacKinnon BY DR TONY BUTT

When Ryan Robinson arrived on Home Island, Cocos Kealing in October 2008, he realized that the problem of marine litter was much worse than he had previously imagined.

he plastic he found on the uninhabited east had writing in Bahasa Indonesian; and amongst T coast of that island included 246 plastic water it were pieces of Indonesian bamboo, which bottles and 339 plastic sandals over a 100-metre does not grow on Cocos Kealing. Plastic trash stretch of beach. Robinson, along with brother is transported all over the planet by the ocean Bryson and friend Hugh Patterson had been currents. The power of the currents to transport sailing around the world aboard the 40-foot plastic objects was demonstrated in a famous Khulula on a mission to collect and catalogue accident-turned-experiment when, in January trash found on remote shores. In their three- 1992, over 28,000 plastic bath toys washed year mission they failed to find a garbage-free off a ship in the North Pacific. Apart from the beach, including on some islands that had not inevitable yellow ducks, the consignment also been visited by humans for many years. contained red beavers, green frogs and blue Once it finds its way into in the sea, plastic turtles. The plight of the plastic animals was is carried around the planet at the mercy of the famously studied by oceanographer Curtis ocean currents and surface winds. Even before it Ebbesmeyer, who not only monitored their gets a chance to be broken down into tiny pieces landfall over the next decade or so by contacting it gets transported thousands of miles around local coastal residents, but also predicted their the globe and sometimes ends up in places movements using a computer model of ocean uninhabited by humans. Robinson and crew surface currents. figured out that the trash they found on Home In November 1992, ten months after they Island had been brought over 1000 km from started their journey, the animals began to wash Indonesia, riding on the equatorial current and up on the coast of Alaska, about 3000 km from the easterly tradewind belt. Much of the plastic their starting point. Four years later, in 1996, 8 more landed further south in Washington State. been caught up in the North Pacific Subpolar Ebbesmeyer and co-workers predicted that and Subtropical Gyres, and many of them would many of them would have also travelled up into have ended up in an area in the northeast corner the Arctic and become trapped in the ice. There of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, known as where they would remain for about five or six the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. years, gradually drifting from the North Pacific The term ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ was into the North Atlantic. The prediction was first coined by Captain Charles Moore, the verified when, between 2000 and 2003, more world’s best-known advocate against marine of the toys were washed ashore on the eastern plastics. In 1997, while sailing across the seaboard of North America. northeast Pacific in his 50-foot catamaran, It wa s a l so hy pot hesi zed t hat a huge number of Moore discovered a vast area of floating plastic. the animals would continue drifting around the Even though NOAA scientists had predicted a North Pacific, caught up in the Gyres. The Gyres decade before that there would be a lot of marine are vast circulating areas of water containing debris in that area, it was Captain Moore’s first- the major surface currents of the world, driven hand account that really helped to draw the Æ by the prevailing winds. The toys would have world’s attention to the problem of marine litter. 9 Moore found large intact items such as found in the stomach of an albatross around bottles, cups, bags, boxes and fishing nets, but 2005 contained a serial number that was also millions of multi-coloured, unidentifiable subsequently traced to a World War II seaplane smaller pieces of plastic, over an area estimated shot down in 1944. That piece of plastic was one to cover somewhere between 650,000 up of the first pieces of plastic ever produced, and it to about 16,000,000 square kilometres. survived until the present day. Once plastic ends Importantly, only about 30 per cent of the total up in the sea, it will drift around until it ends up plastic is on the surface, while the other 70 per on some remote shoreline, or it will simply drift cent is under the surface and out of site. around until a plastic-eating bacterium evolves ‘Garbage patches’ are found in the world’s – perhaps a few hundred thousand years. oceans wherever there is a gyre. The Pacific is The ocean currents are one of the most not the only place in the world’s oceans where important mechanisms of the working planet. you will find a concentration of plastic; ‘garbage They transport a colossal amount of water patches’ also exist in the other four major gyres around the globe. For example, the Gulf Stream, of the oceans: in the North Atlantic, South the most well-known current to most of us, Atlantic, South Pacific and Indian Oceans, has a volumetric flow rate of up to 120 million and in several smaller gyres such as the North cubic metres per second – over 100 times the Pacific Subpolar Gyre, mentioned above. combined flow of all the rivers in the world. The The currents in the gyre suck in floating velocity of the Gulf Stream can reach up to five material from around the periphery and trap knots – enough to significantly alter the ground it in the centre. The waves and currents break speed of any vessel sailing through it. up the plastic into smaller and smaller pieces, The ocean currents carry enormous amounts but it never goes away. The gyre is like a huge of heat around the planet. The uneven input of processing machine – continuously taking in solar energy at the poles compared to the equator large pieces of plastic and grinding them up into means that a heat redistribution system must smaller pieces. But it’s a machine with no output, exist on the planet; otherwise the temperature so it is gradually clogging up with plastic. difference between the poles and the equator It is really important to stress that plastic would spiral out of control. Some of that heat just doesn’t go away. You might see charts redistribution is achieved by the large-scale showing ‘degrade times’ for various different atmospheric circulation; but a large proportion plastic items (e.g. ‘plastic bag: 100 years’), is achieved by the ocean currents. but it is unclear where these estimates come Water has such a high specific heat capacity from. Unfortunately it is overly optimistic to that it can store and transport a tremendous state that plastic will revert back to the natural amount of heat energy for a relatively small environment within any reasonable timescale. increase in its own temperature. For example, It doesn’t biodegrade because, since it was only the amount of heat energy transported by the invented less than a century ago, no bacteria Gulf Stream is in the order of petawatts (1015 W) capable of eating it have had a chance to evolve – equivalent to a million 1-GW power stations. yet. A tiny amount might photodegrade on the Because of their vast heat-carrying capacity, surface of landfills in hot climates, but most of the ocean currents have a major influence on the plastic in the sea is well out of the way of local climates. Countries such as Ireland tend sunlight. In fact, virtually all the plastic ever to have warmer and wetter climates than usual, manufactured since it was invented still exists. because they are at the receiving end of warm Æ To illustrate this point, a piece of plastic currents like the Gulf Stream. In contrast, areas

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11 such as coastal Namibia have colder and drier The prevailing wind patterns include climates than usual, because they are situated large anticyclones where the wind constantly near cold currents like the Benguela Current. blows around an area of high pressure. These Currents also have a biological role. The anticyclones are more or less stable systems availability of nutrients in a particular zone is (termed quasi-stable), with the surface winds affected by local changes in water temperature blowing over more or less the same areas of and salinity due to the currents. This is ocean all the time. The ocean surface currents important for marine plants, and hence for the mimic the overlying wind patterns, themselves entire local ecosystem. The currents also act as circulating in an anticyclonic direction conveyer belts for marine animals themselves; (clockwise in the northern hemisphere and for example by transporting eggs from the anticlockwise in the southern). They have an place where they were laid to the place where area of calm water in the middle just like the area they will hatch, each place requiring different of calm winds at the centre of an anticyclone. environmental conditions. These are the major oceanic gyres of the world, The ocean surface currents are driven which coincide with the five major anticyclones, principally by the wind. Energy is transferred in the north and south Pacific, north and south from the overlying air to the surface of the water. Atlantic and in the Indian Ocean FIGURE 1. Since Most of this energy ends up as waves, but a lot of the water in the centre of the gyre is very calm, it also ends up as currents. In areas where there any floating object trapped there will likely stay are stable wind patterns, the force of the wind there for a long time. literally pushes the surface water along, creating surface currents systems that coincide with the prevailing wind patterns.

12 FIGURE 1 major gyres of the world

The ocean currents evolved to have a function Now, there is another phenomenon called as part of the living planet. They transport the Ekman spiral. To understand the Ekman ‘useful stuff’ like heat energy, organic nutrients spiral we have to think of the moving surface of and marine animals from one part of the globe to the ocean as a series of layers, each layer driving the other. However, currents can also transport the one below it. Firstly, the wind drives the top anything else that happens to be ﬂoating on the layer of the ocean, trying to push it in the same ocean surface, including not-so-useful stuff direction as the wind itself. However, due to like plastic trash. The plastic, particularly larger the Coriolis force and the friction between one pieces that stick up from the surface, often layer and the next, the motion of the top layer moves slightly faster than the water underneath of the ocean is deflected slightly to the right it. This is because the very wind that drives the (in the northern hemisphere). Likewise, each current also drives the plastic. In this sense, the successive layer down is deflected a bit more plastic is like a ‘free-rider’ stealing energy from to the right. As a result, the net flow of surface the wind and stealing energy from the current. water is to the right of the wind direction One question you have probably been asking FIGURE 2. Therefore, in, say, the North Pacific yourself is why the plastic accumulates in the Gyre which circulates clockwise, the surface centre of the gyres. To understand this, you first water is deflected inwards towards the centre have to know about the Coriolis force. There of the gyre. Æ isn’t space here to explain it in any detail, but basically the Coriolis force is an ‘apparent’ force due to the rotation of the Earth that acts upon objects and fluids with large-scale trajectories, by deflecting them to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere.

13 Eric van Sebille and colleagues from the University of New South Wales have been investigating the spread of plastics over the oceans in a fascinating study. They used data from satellite-tracked drifter buoys, from the one in the Barents Sea. They were also able to famous long-term Global Drifter Program, to show that the formation of the patches is not develop a simulation model for how plastic moves local. All the plastic from all the coastlines ends around in the ocean. Using their model they were up in all the patches. Also, over decadal time able to predict the path of plastics in the ocean for scales, the plastic migrates from patch to patch; up to 1000 years. and over much longer time-scales – hundreds of There are several interesting observations years – all the plastic gradually accumulates in from their study. For example, releasing plastics the North Pacific. from coastlines around the world in their model, The tendency for plastic to accumulate in they were able to show clearly how the great the gyres explains why so much of it is found on Garbage Patches formed after various times remote, mid-ocean islands. Places like Kamilo scales ranging from ten to 1000 years. FIGURE 3 Beach, Hawaii, or the Midway Islands, are some illustrates the simulation after 50 years, which of the places where more plastic is found than clearly shows the five major patches plus a sixth anywhere on the planet, even though these places are nowhere near human populations. According to van Sebille’s model, if you are anywhere near those red patches in Figure 3 you will probably find large amounts of plastic trash. This not only

FIGURE 2 : Ekman spiral in the northern hemisphere

14 FIGURE 3 simulation of accumulation of plastics after 50 years, which is about the amount of time we have been pumping plastic into the sea

eight years. It is inevitable that a huge proportion of that plastic will end up in the sea and then get includes islands near the Great Pacific Garbage washed up on coastlines. The only real solution Patch but also Atlantic islands such as the Azores, is to stop manufacturing new or virgin plastics. Madeira, the Canary Islands, Bermuda and We need to reprocess the plastics we have, several island chains in the western Caribbean. continuously recycling them into high-quality The coasts of southwest Iberia and Morocco products, not ‘down-cycling’ just to extend also don’t get away lightly. According the model, their life before they reach the ocean or landfill. they are more likely to receive our plastic than Perhaps if we find a way to do that soon enough, coastlines further north, including those of we might be able to save the oceans and save the Britain and Ireland. world’s coastlines. In summary, the terms ‘long-term’ and ‘far- reaching’ are not really adequate for plastic pollution. The fact that plastic won’t degrade and the fact that the ocean currents transport it all over the globe, suggest ‘eternal’ and ‘infinite’ to be more appropriate. Some estimates say that there are around 5,000,000,000 tonnes of plastic already in existence and, at the present rate of manufacture, that figure will double every

15 The launch of SAS’s new All Party Group – a first for SAS and UK marine conservation. The marine litter crisis is the first item on the agenda.

16 The 15th October 2014, a date that may well joined Surfers Against Sewage in signing the POW go down forever in the history of Surfers Against petition, which was delivered to 10 Downing in Sewage and perhaps even surfing worldwide, as we October 2013 with musician and surfer Ben launched the Protect Our Waves All Party Group Howard. It’s thanks to these supporters that we in Westminster. The meeting took place in the have able to create this amazing opportunity House of Commons, bringing together twenty- for increased political engagement. five MPs representing the majority of the UK’s key The Protect Our Waves APG is an coastal communities, to address the most urgent unprecedented platform for SAS to discuss urgent environmental issues highlighted by the Protect environmental threats and campaigns directly Our Waves (POW) petition – marine litter, water with politicians and civil servants. We will also quality and coastal development. 55,000 surfers, be able to hold business and regulators to account, environmentalists and recreational water users raise questions in the House of Commons, and suggest new and effective measures to better protect the UK’s waves, oceans and beaches. Chaired by Stephen Gilbert MP, the first meeting launched SAS’s Marine Litter Report, which Æ

17 The report highlights the true scale of the marine litter crisis, the underlying causes of the issue and the threats marine litter poses to ecosystems, marine organisms and communities.

18 sets out our vision to reduce UK beach litter by • Mark Williams MP, Liberal Democrat 50% by 2020. We recognise the enormous effort Aberystwyth, Borth, Aberaeron this will take so the report maps out practical and • Neil Carmichael MP, Conservative achievable solutions across industry, government Gloucester, Severn Bore, Bristol and communities to increase action for much • Tessa Munt MP, Liberal Democrat cleaner and safer beaches by 2020. Weston-Super-Mare, Bristol, Severn Estuary The report highlights the true scale of the marine • Michael Ellis MP, Conservative litter crisis, the underlying causes of the issue Landlocked and the threats marine litter poses to ecosystems, • Sir Peter Bottomley MP, Conservative marine organisms and communities. It also Worthing, Shoreham, Brighton includes a section suggesting realistic, accessible • Gary Streeter MP, Conservative and sometimes ambitious solutions for all sections Plymouth, Wembury of society. You can play your part by adopting some of • Simon Kirby MP, Conservative these actions, and encouraging friends and family to Brighton make small changes in their lifestyle to help tackle • Nick Harvey MP, Liberal Democrat the tide of marine litter that blights our coastline. Barnstaple, Braunton, Saunton, George Eustice MP, a government minister at Croyde, Woolacombe the Department for Environment, Food and Rural • Teresa Pearce MP, Labour Affairs (Defra) attended the inaugural POW APG London, Kent and will respond to our Marine Litter Report and • Geraint Davies MP, Labour vision to reduce UK beach litter by 50% by 2020. Swansea, The Gower If your MP is part of our POW APG, why • Fiona O’Donnell MP, Labour don’t you drop them an email thanking them Dunbar, Edinburgh for supporting your coastal environment & • Rt Hon Kevin Barron MP, Labour community. However, if you MP isn’t listed Land locked below, they should be! It’s not too late for • Kerry McCarthy MP, Labour them to join the group so contact them immediately Bristol, Severn Bore to request they join the Protect Our Waves All • Martin Caton MP, Labour Party Group. The more MPs we have, the more we Gower, Swansea can achieve to protect waves, oceans and beaches. • Tom Blenkinsop MP, Labour Saltburn, Redcar • Stephen Gilbert MP, Liberal Democrat • Alison Seabeck MP, Labour Newquay, St Austell Plymouth, Wembury • Sarah Newton MP, Conservative • Jonathan Reynolds MP, Labour St Agnes, Truro, Falmouth, Perranporth Land locked • Andrew George MP, Liberal Democrat • Caroline Lucas MP, Green St Ives, Carbis Bay, Helston Brighton • Caroline Nokes MP, Conservative Southampton, Witterings, Isle of Wight We’d like to thank the 55,000 POW petition • John Leech MP, Liberal Democrat signatories and the hundreds of supporters who North Wales, NW Coast contacted their local MP to get involved. Together, • Tobias Ellwood MP, Conservative we made this happen! Bournemouth, • Jeremy Lefroy MP, Conservative Landlocked 19 20 This Autumn will see one of the UK’s biggest everywhere. At sea, it is estimated that a ever nationwide community mobilisations 100,000 marine mammals and a million to tackle the growing threat of marine litter seabirds die every year through entanglement in along our beautiful coastline. Working in and ingestion of marine litter. collaboration with The Crown Estate and That is why this autumn, on the advent World Animal Protection, events will be taking of Halloween, we are also collaborating with place at beaches in England, Wales, Northern World Animal Protection to raise the profile of Ireland & Scotland involving over 3,500 the growing threat of ghost gear. Ghost gear is community volunteers. the term used for lost or abandoned fishing gear Surfers Against Sewage is delighted to be that continues to indiscriminately catch, injure working with The Crown Estate for the fourth- and kill fish, marine mammals, seabirds and consecutive year to deliver community beach other wildlife in our oceans. Alarmingly, it is clean & environmental awareness events. estimated that over 640,000 tonnes of fishing The partnership has produced one of the gear are lost in oceans globally each year. most recognisable and popular community SAS and World Animal Protection are beach clean initiatives of the calendar, which working together to uncover the scale and continues to make a positive difference to our impacts of ghost fishing in the UK. Unexpected precious coastline. animals such as the leatherback turtle are The majority of marine litter consists of entangled by ghost gear in our waters. Late plastic items such as drinks bottles, carrier summer and autumn is a critical time of year bags, fishing waste and sewage-related debris. for leatherbacks as they migrate to our waters Plastics can take hundreds of years to degrade to feast on blooming jellyfish populations off in the marine environment, haunting marine the north west and south west coasts. Sadly life, ecosystems and compromising the significant numbers of these beautiful animals enjoyment and experiences of coastal visitors become entangled in ropes and netting.

21 HAUNTED OCEANS “World Animal Protection’s Sea Change campaign aims to protect the some 8,000 marine species, To combat ghost gear, our volunteers will survey and report any fishing line, netting or including whales, dolphins, other ghost gear at our events using our specially porpoises, seals, seabirds and designed ‘Sea Change – Ghost Gear Monitoring turtles that live and breed around Document’. World Animal Protection will also the coasts of the British Isles provide special bags and guidance on how to from the devastating impact of collect and return certain types of recyclable ‘ghost gear’ and we are working fishing gear. We’re also asking for every lobster pot or piece of reusable gear to be returned to uncover what this issue really to the nearest harbour or fisherman. Fishing looks like in the UK. We hope the communities were hit hard by the winter’s Autumn Beach Clean Series will storms and, at £60 each, a returned lobster pot give people a chance to find out can make a real difference both to the beach and more about this largely unknown the fishing community. issue, help monitor the scale of Coastal Schools will also be taking part in our ‘Haunted Oceans Project’, which is a the problem on UK beaches and fantastic way for youngsters to learn a little more identify positive solutions to about the environmental issues affecting their exorcise our haunted oceans.” beaches, rivers and lakes they will visit beaches Alyx Elliott, Campaign Manager to make a real and noticeable difference Æ at World Animal Protection to the health of these precious natural speaces. ‘Haunted Oceans Project’ Students will;

• Organise and participate in a beach clean, addressing the concept of citizenship and positive community action. • Learn essential scientiﬁc monitoring skills in a fun and interactive way, contributing to the evidence on the scale of ghost ﬁshing in the UK. • Get arty and use the collected debris to make marine litter monsters, in time for Halloween!

For further information on the Autumn Beach Clean Series please contact Dom Ferris on 01872 553 001 or email [email protected]. Alternatively, please check www.sas.org.uk for more details.

SOUTH-WEST COAST EAST COAST NORTH-WEST CROYDE LOWESTOFT BLACKPOOL FISTRAL SEA PALLING SOUTHPORT PERRANPORTH CROMER ST.BEES SENNEN SKEGNESS SIDMOUTH SOUTH COAST NORTHERN IRELAND KIMMERIDGE BAY NORTH EAST NEWCASTLE BOURNEMOUTH SCARBOROUGH MAGILLIGAN POINT ISLE OF WIGHT SALTBURN THE WITTERINGS BLYTH WALES RHOSNEIGR SCOTLAND SOUTH-EAST COAST ABERYSTWYTH ST ANDREWS BRIGHTON NEWGALE SINCLAIR’S BAY SOUTHEND-ON-SEA LLANTWIT MAJOR MACHRIHANISH BAY 23 24 The Safer Seas Service is the UK’s only in Northern Ireland backed up with direct nationwide beach water quality service, alerting discussions with Northern Ireland Water are beach users in real-time when raw sewage and also moving us towards implementing real-time diffuse pollution threaten the water quality at alerts in the region in 2015. popular beaches across England and Wales. The Safer Seas Service also provides Delivering the UK’s most comprehensive users with a spill history for each location, cover, both geographically and scientifically, detailing the number of times a beach has it includes live water quality information for suffered pollution incidents that year. This data hundreds of beaches. can also be compared with previous seasons This vital public health information allows pollution frequency, highlighting whether local Safer Seas Service subscribers to enjoy time pollution events are increasing or decreasing. at the beach safe in the knowledge that, if a The Safer Seas Service also provides useful bite- short-term water pollution event occurs, they sized information on the risks of using polluted will receive a free and instant ‘heads up’. This waters, how to report a pollution incident and vital information allows beach users to make how you can help prevent pollution incidents informed decisions about how, when and where by adopting small and simple lifestyle changes. they use the sea. The It really is a must-have service also helps reassure beach app - download it beach users about their “The Safer Seas Service for free today! water quality in the provides users with a spill Beach users are often absence of any alerts, the history for each location, surprised that the UK blue smiley face on the sewerage system still app indicating that the detailing the number of allows for raw sewage sea should be as clean as times a beach has suffered to be discharged into possible. pollution incidents that year rivers and the sea in Since launching and that bathing season.” 2014. Unfortunately, the the Safer Seas we UK’s sewerage system have warned tens of is combined - receiving thousands of subscribers both sewage effluent and of over 4,000 individual pollution events at UK the rain runoff from roads and rooftops. This beaches. The Safer Seas Service builds on the combined system is frequently overloaded, successful Sewage Alert Service by providing resulting in raw sewage discharges into streams, additional free daily predictions on the impacts rivers and coastal areas via the UK’s extensive of diffuse pollution at 175 beaches. The Safer network of 31,000 sewer overflows. This Seas Service reports in real-time at 363 beaches worsening problem is exacerbated by inadequate across England and Wales, supported by the sewer capacity, increased and unchecked Department for the Environment, Food and urban development and insufficient sewer Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Environment maintenance. Agency. We are working tirelessly to incorporate A lesser-known impact on water quality, Scottish and Northern Irish beaches into the but equally problematic, is diffuse pollution. service and have already received a commitment Diffuse pollution is the term used given to from the Scottish Environment Minister to pollutants from multiple, often unknown include a number of beaches in the service. sources and is most commonly associated with Our participation in the Good Beach Summit run off from urban and agricultural sites. Æ

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2426 sas.org.uk “the health risk is increased the more time you spend in polluted waters, the more you are submerged in the water and the more water you ingest. All of which surfers do regularly when surﬁng!”

Pathogens (bacteria and viruses) from human the UK’s fantastic beaches safe in the knowledge sewage are often more successful at adapting they are pollution-free, or well-warned. to human hosts and so are often considered Currently, the real-time sewage discharge more dangerous than their relatives found in information underpinning the Safer Seas diffuse pollution. However, they can both pose Service is provided (voluntarily) to SAS by a significant health risk to water users. And participating water companies. Worryingly, different water users face different levels of risk! this year SAS has been made aware of As a general rule, the health risk is increased certain water companies threatening to withhold the more time you spend in polluted waters, this vital information, which would be a major the more you are submerged in the water and backwards-step in protecting beaches, wildlife the more water you ingest. All of which surfers and water users. We believe this essential do regularly when surfing! The health risks real-time information should be a mandatory range from the uncomfortable ear, eye, nose requirement for water companies and we will and throat infections to the more serious E. coli, be campaigning to achieve this through hepatitis and gastroenteritis. The SAS website the Protect Our Waves All Party Group. has a comprehensive list of associated illnesses, Surfers Against Sewage has also recently their symptoms and advice on what to do if you been invited to sit on an expert panel of become ill after using the water. European Commission Bathing Water The provision of this vital public health Directive, an opportunity providing SAS information has now been largely accepted with unprecedented access to and influence by water companies and relevant government on the European regulations that govern UK departments. However, before we developed water quality. the Safer Seas Service this information was only held by water companies and reported on The Safer Seas Service app is free to download annually to the Environment Agency. Beach for iPhones, iPads and mobile Android devices users were effectively left with a lottery every from iTunes and Google Play. time they entered the water. Thankfully, thanks to the support of former Defra Minister Richard Benyon MP and his successor Dan Rogerson MP, the Safer Seas Service continues to evolve into one of the most useful water quality information platforms, ensuring people can enjoy

27 Surfers Against Sewage talks to Australian novelist and short–story writer

28 © Hank Kordas

29 WHAT ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Everything I know about the sea I learnt at the AFFECTING OUR OCEANS THAT MOST end of a spear or a hook. Seems weird to admit it, CONCERN YOU? but I hunted and killed my way to enlightenment. Eventually you see where you’ve been. All the Well, the health of our seas determines traces you leave are gaps and absences. And it’s a the future of humanity – it’s as stark as that. sick feeling, knowing you might bequeath a full Overfishing is an obvious threat to our capacity dose of nothing to those who come after you. to feed ourselves. A problem not so well For the past 15 years I’ve spent quite a bit of understood is the growing presence of plastics time advocating for turtles, sharks, fish stocks, in the marine food chain. If we don’t make big whales and so on. As the patron of the Australian changes fast, the fish we do save may no longer Marine Conservation Society I’ve helped be safe to eat. But nothing is as daunting as the spearhead the movement towards sustainable threats associated with global warming. That’s seafood consumption and campaigned for the biggie. Everyone bangs on about rising marine parks. This kind of thing is a bit of a sea levels but the real challenge of a warming challenge to someone as unsociable as myself. planet is ocean acidification. An acid ocean Given how much I hate committees and public spells the end of life on earth. The end of the speaking and media interviews, I’m kind of the world begins in the sea we love. And that should wrong bloke for the job. be a wake-up call to all of us. WHAT HAVE BEEN THE HIGH & LOW POINTS? TELL US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGNING & MARINE We put Australia’s second great coral reef CONSERVATION. into the public mind and after we saved it from the developers’ clutches we helped bring about I grew up in a whaling town. We didn’t stop its listing on the World Heritage Register. whaling in Australia until 1978. And I’ve always Ningaloo Reef is one of the planet’s treasures. So lived in fishing communities. You could say I’m I was stoked. And a couple of years ago Australia from the Redneck Wing of marine conservation. set up the world’s biggest suite of marine parks. A lot of us have been working toward that goal for 15 years. It was a great feeling. Australia was once a leader in taking global warming seriously. The former PM called it ‘greatest moral challenge of our time’. But in Every great moment of social the past couple of years the national consensus change was once a confirmed has been eroded and Australians are being impossibility. People’s encouraged by the polluters and their mates in determination in the face Parliament to forget it was ever mentioned. It’s heartbreaking. of overwhelming odds has, time and again, triumphed TOM KEELY, THE PROTAGONIST IN YOUR over what seems impossible. LATEST NOVEL EYRIE IS A ONCE SUCCESSFUL ENVIRONMENTALIST, DISILLUSIONED BY THE UNDERHAND TACTICS OF BIG BUSINESS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

30 © Jono Van Hest

AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN comrades and colleagues to rely on. Every great HIGHLY INVOLVED IN ENVIRONMENTAL moment of social change was once a conﬁrmed CAMPAIGNING TO PROTECT THE COAST, impossibility. People’s determination in the HOW DO YOU FIND THE OPTIMISM TO face of overwhelming odds has, time and again, CONTINUE THE NEVER-ENDING FIGHT TO triumphed over what seems impossible. This is PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT? what you tell yourself. But it’s hard to hang on to hope. Like- Well, optimism is necessary even if you minded people bear each other up. And truly don’t instinctively feel it. A bit like conﬁdence, brave people accept that they may not see victory I guess. Whether you’re in the water staring up in their own lifetime. You just keep at it for the at a looming set or standing in front of 15000 sake of those who come after you. You might people at a demo, you have to manufacture some not win but you stand a better chance by doing courage and a sense of optimism in order to get something. Doing nothing is making certain through the moment, the day, the rest of your you lose. Which is just gutless. Æ life. I try to give myself a bloody stiff talking-to. DO YOU THINK SURFERS ARE MORE INCLINED And thankfully I have the encouragement of my

31 "Surﬁng is sensual. It’s a real- time engagement with the forces of nature, which happen to be echoes of the past (which after all, is all a wave really is). Brieﬂy we defy gravity and ride the energy of storms from elsewhere. We are intensely alone as we do it and yet completely swallowed by something larger that enforces a sense of perspective and connectedness to the natural world."

TO BECOME ENVIRONMENTALISTS BECAUSE REPUTABLE GENRE OF SURF WRITING. DO OF THEIR CONNECTION WITH THE SEA? YOU AGREE?

Well, we should be. We are the canaries I hope not! Who wants to be reputable? down the mine. Those of us who surf spend That’s for golfers and tycoons with a sleazy past. more time than anyone soaking in whatever But you’re right. Writing about surfing has the sea has become. We’re suspended in gotten better. consequences, you might say. And surfing is one of the most joyful pursuits a human [ASSUMING YOU AGREE] BUT IN CONTRAST can take up. But there’s no joy in a deadzone. TO, SAY, MOUNTAINEERING AND BOXING, If you’ve ever surfed in turds and medical SURFING WAS SLOW TO SPAWN A waste you don’t want to repeat the experience. DISCERNIBLE LITERARY TRADITION. WHY DO If we love the sea as much as we claim to YOU THINK THIS WAS? we’ll do everything we possibly can to keep it healthy. Otherwise we might as well Mountaineering was for a long time the take up golf. preserve of the posh. And the well-bred took to boxing and other blood sports by way of WHAT WORDS OF ADVICE WOULD YOU slumming. In my country surfing was for the GIVE ANY BUDDING ENVIRONMENTAL oiks. It was always rebellious. And sadly it was CAMPAIGNER? for a long time a bit unreflective and macho and anti-intellectual. Unlike other sports Get educated. Get comrades. Get organized. it was essentially a youth cult, like rock and And get out there. We need you! roll. But like rock and roll its people grew up. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE IS NOW A Surfers travelled and opened up and changed. It

32 became more mainstream, less of a cult. And it SIMILARLY, THE NOTION OF SURFING diversified. On any given day in the water now BEING A MEANS OF FINDING THOSE “BRIEF, I’ll meet three generations of surfers, male and RARE MOMENTS OF GRACE” AND: “HOW female, everyone sporting a different craft. I STRANGE IT WAS TO SEE MEN DO started surfing in the 60s and I can tell you SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL. SOMETHING it’s infinitely more diverse. It might be more POINTLESS AND ELEGANT...” THIS SEEMS crowded but it’s also more interesting. AS PERFECT A DISTILLATION OF WHAT SURFING IS, AND YET IT’S TINGED WITH WHICH WRITERS HAVE BEST TACKLED MELANCHOLY, WITH A SENSE OF IT BEING BUT SURFING TO DATE? A FLEETING RECAPTURE OF LOST INNOCENCE. IS THIS WHAT SURFING IS, FOR YOU I like the way Daniel Duane wrote about it PERSONALLY? TO GO FURTHER - IS THIS in Caught Inside. Bill Finnegan is good. Kem INEVITABLY WHAT SURFING IS, FOR Nunn has carved out his own space, I think, ALL OF US? and Thomas Farber has written some poetic fiction featuring surfing. Once upon a time Surfing is sensual. It’s a real-time you’d be stuck thinking of Gidget and maybe engagement with the forces of nature, which Jack London, but I think there’s a bit to choose happen to be echoes of the past (which after all, from these days and I’d bet there’s great stuff by is all a wave really is). Briefly we defy gravity people I’ve never even heard of. and ride the energy of storms from elsewhere. We are intensely alone as we do it and TO WHAT EXTENT DO PREVAILING CULTURAL yet completely swallowed by something larger CLICHES ABOUT SURFING - BLEACHED that enforces a sense of perspective and BLONDE DUDES, BABES IN BIKINIS, EVERYONE connectedness to the natural world. It’s SAYING ‘SICK, MAN’ OR ITS HISTORICAL an experience we yearn to repeat so we go EQUIVALENT - INHIBIT LITERARY WRITING searching for it again and again and we ABOUT SURFING? spend years sitting in the water waiting for these radiating lines to come in across the event Oh I don’t think it’s people’s utterances that horizon. And we’ll do it for as long as the sinews limit the writing. It’s the activity itself. It’s allow. When we can’t we still shuffle down to actually pretty hard to convey to someone who’s beach to watch and wince and marvel. Strikes not a surfer. The sensation is the thing. And it’s me as a fair metaphor for human existence. tough to describe without resorting to clichés or mystical nonsense. HAVE YOU HAD ANY WAVES RECENTLY?

IN BREATH, THERE’S THE WONDERFUL LINE I must confess I have. I’m lucky to live where ABOUT THE PROTAGONIST STILL SURFING AT I do. Some days the biggest hassle is having to THE END, TO SHOW HIS DAUGHTERS THAT weave through the turtles. “THEIR FATHER IS A MAN WHO DANCES”.

33 We wrapped up the 7th Barefoot Wine public awareness of the persistence, prevalence Beach Rescue Project in stunning autumn and durability of marine litter and particularly sunshine at Penarth Beach near Cardiff, joined plastic waste entering the environment. We by 72 fantastic community volunteers and our were also delighted to have 104 volunteers, old brilliant ambassador Kate Humble. The team and new, for the Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue removed a staggering 249kgs of marine litter Tour stop in sunny Scarborough, and meeting from this beautiful spot, rounding off another new supporters in Whitehaven in Cumbria, a British summer that saw us visit beaches across new community for SAS beach cleans! the UK with our friends from Barefoot Wine. Barefoot Wine Beach Clean Ambassador, TV Over 800 coastal community volunteers presenter and environmentalist Kate Humble joined us at beaches from Dunbar to Brighton personally led several beach cleans and spoke to sweep almost 1.5 tonnes of marine litter passionately about her work documenting the from the UK coastline. One of the highlights shocking impacts that litter on marine life of the summer beach clean events included and the coastal environment. She even used the unearthing of ‘Retro Rubbish’ at Dunbar her extensive on-line network to support our in the form of a 1980’s Golden Wonder Crisp Unidentiﬁed Floating Objects campaign after Packet and a Schweppes Sandy Can. These discovering some at Penarth! items helped make national news and raise The growing tideline of trash washing up on

34 LOCATION DATE Volunteers KGs Dunbar - East Beach 2nd May 83 100 St Andrews – West Sands 3rd May 81 115 Bristol, Avon Gorge 9th May 20 145 Longsands, Tynemouth 16th May 56 39 Scarborough, South Bay 17th May 104 116 Bournemouth, Hengistbury Head 6th June 52 70 Portsmouth, Clarence Pier 7th June 31 37

Brighton, West Pier 18th July 43 28 East Witterings 19th July 55 55 Cleethorpes 29th August 39 32 Saltburn 30th August 92 124 Southport 5th September 38 87 Whitehaven 6th September 38 181 Penarth Pier 12th September 72 249 TOTALS 14 Events 804 1378

beaches worldwide seems to have generated a have joined us at 60 different beaches to remove groundswell of public awareness and community 13 Tonnes of marine litter. We see many of action against this modern day scourge of the these people year in year out as we return to seas. Tens of thousands of people are taking their beaches. People like Jay from Cromer action with SAS nationwide, and many who has ﬁnally grown into his 2009 Beach communities are joining forces to take direct Rescue Project t-shirt! There is now a huge action through local hubs, community groups, network of committed, informed and active business initiatives and schools projects. We coastal communities working to tackle are delighted to be helping head up the charge to the marine litter crisis and we’re proud make a real difference to beaches from Shetland and humbled by the role that the Barefoot to Sennen. The Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Wine Beach Rescue Project has played in Project has played a big part in raising awareness this awakening. Here’s to the next 7 of the marine litter crisis and encouraging years of keeping Britain’s beaches barefoot community activism since 2008. friendly as part of SAS’s 2020 Beach SAS Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project Litter Vision. events are not just beach cleans. They have always been fun social occasions, engaging Thanks to our project partners and friends communities with the issue of marine litter, Barefoot Wine, the inimitable Kate Humble and new campaigns & activities volunteers can get each and every beach clean volunteer. involved with to turn the tide on trash. They also help connect communities and encourage individuals to forge new friendships. In the last seven years, almost 6000 people

35 36 Our Big Spring Beach Clean absolutely blew us away! Over 3,500 people volunteered at beaches from Lands’ End to John O’Groats, removing a staggering 30 tonnes of marine litter from the beautiful British coastline.

Thanks to Vita Coco Coconut Water, Klean Kanteen, Visit Cornwall, Haven Holidays, Pickwell Manor, Responsible Travel, Skye Adventure, Natwest and the 100 individual donors to their Big Spring Beach Clean Appeal.

37 38 39 Surfers Against Sewage has been the official ‘View Stage’ students from Saltash College charity partner of the world-famous Boardmasters had created a sculpture of a boat - The Good surf & music festival in Newquay, Cornwall for over Ship SAS - out of marine litter collected from ten years. August 2014 once again saw thousands beaches across the South West. With almost of surfers and beach-lovers come together to surf, 100,000 people of all ages & interests flocking watch some of the globe’s best surfers and enjoy an to the Boardmasters Festival from all corners unrivalled music line-up during a week of mixed of the UK, the event continues to offer SAS a fortunes for weather and waves. powerful opportunity to engage people with our 2014 also saw us put together our most growing environmental campaigns to protect ambitious and exciting daily programme of waves, oceans and beaches around the country. activities at the Fistral site. Activities including We aimed to inspire and influence thousands our marine litter petition, environmental & of festivalgoers with the issues we work on – surf movie screenings, volunteer beach cleans, water quality, marine litter and protecting sites marine litter art workshops, and live music of special surfing interest - with the hope they from artists including Scott Matthews and adopt a little more of our sustainable ethos when Sunset Sons. We also had a fantastic presence they return home and become eco-advocates. at Watergate this year, where, overlooking the Whilst being an unrivalled opportunity

40 for engagement, large-scale events also always Every campaign conversation, petition have an immediate impact on the environment, signature, education booklet handed-out or from Glastonbury to Reading Festival, from the marine litter artwork created at Boardmasters Pipeline Pro to the Quiksilver Pro in France. The was made possible by our inspiring team of important thing is that these impacts are removed Regional Reps and volunteers. A team of more or reduced wherever possible, and that that local than 30 joined us this year from every corner habitats and the wider environment are well of the UK to run activities on site, engaging protected, and restored immediately wherever thousands of people with the campaigns we needed. We are now reviewing and updating deliver year-round to safeguard our coastline for our Green Event Guide to help better inform live all to use safely and sustainably. events we collaborate with and steer them on the sustainable pathway. From eliminating litter SAS would like to say a huge thanks to – SAS impacts to providing water stations, protecting Regional Reps & Volunteers, Andrew Topham, dune systems to minimising carbon dioxide Katy Thomas, Vision 9, Indie Kitchen, Keith & emission, we’ll be setting out an updated vision Jacob Wyatt, Scott Matthews, Sunset Sons, The to make sure events are deep blue. We’d welcome Paper Shades, Laura Fletcher, Patagonia and the your thoughts and suggestions for this too. Ohana Bar.

41 PROUD SUPPORTERS OF THE SURFERS AGAINST SEWAGE CAMPAIGNS SINCE 2000

42 43 It’s Sunday afternoon and I’m sat, happily reflect on big wave stories from Andrew Cotton, weary, in the magnificent giant blue SAS tent, giant marine litter whales; surf explorations shoulder to shoulder with hundreds of people with Sam Bleakley; golden tickets; Mickey who over the course of the last five days have Smith musings; humbling marine litter not only supported SAS but have also become photography from Andy Hughes; Indie Kitchen firm friends during this amazing festival. secret sessions from artists like Tom James and Each and every one of us is enthralled by the the Paper Shades,;environmental surf movie stunning music of India Bourne, who just hours screenings and time spent with new friends and afterwards would be headlining the festival supporters. with Ben Howard, is playing an exclusive set for When the dust had settled and memories of us to round off an event that has exceeded all of Jack Johnson’s & Ben Howard’s mesmerising our expectations. headline sets were fading, we began counting Surfers Against Sewage was delighted to and when finished we knew that something be nominated as the official charity partner truly special had taken place. Over 4,000 of the Somersault Festival, which took place people had signed our marine litter petition: within the stunning Castle Hill estate in North thousands of new supporters had been engaged Devon this July 17th – 21st. With surfers & with our growing environmental campaigns environmentalists Jack Johnson and Ben and, most importantly of all, hundreds had Howard headlining, and the wave-soaked joined as new SAS members, adding their voice North Devon coast just a stone’s throw away, to our call to protect our oceans, waves and we knew that this would be an amazing beaches for everyone, for ever. See you next year opportunity to communicate our campaigns to ‘Somersaulters’! like-minded people. The Somersault team showed just how much We’d like to thank - John Empson & the they supported us by giving two magnificent Somersault Festival Crew, Jack Johnson, Ben tents in pride of place and as such we set about Howard, Lauren, Gabe & Bo Davies, Kizzy O’Neill, creating and ambitious, engaging and exciting Mickey Smith, Sam Bleakley, Andy Hughes, event presence. Those 5 days were something of Andrew Cotton, Nick Hounsfield, Patagonia, a frenetic blur of activity but, when we paused Keith and Jacob Wyatt & Indie Kitchen and our for breath during India’s perfect set, we could team of amazing volunteers – we salute you!

44 45 Welcome aboard to our 350 new members that we met at our busy summer of events including Somersault festival, Boardmasters, Paddle Round the Pier and the National Water Sports Festival! No need to renew each year any more as members can now join or renew online from as little as £2 a month using our brand new online direct debit system! There is no easier way to show your love for the sea! Find out more: www.sas.org.uk/join

Does your club have a keen interest in the marine environment? We now offer Group Memberships! Aberdeen Surf Club (pictured) joined SAS as group members and will receive a Pipeline, membership sticker & keyring each as well as a set of posters and campaign info for the group. They also organised their own Autumn Beach Clean. Group members need to have a minimum of 5 people per group and it’s just £10 per person, per year to support SAS campaigns.

46 Thinking of a unique gift idea?

Give twice with a gift membership for the special Consurfationist in your life! They’ll receive Pipeline twice a year, their unique membership car sticker and keyring as well as detailed campaign information. They’ll also receive a members discount of 10% in We have 3 copies of Tim Winton’s new the SAS Eco Surf Shop and access to the book Eyrie to give away to SAS members. Member’s Area of the website where offers Just send us the answer to the following & competitions can be found. Buy a POW question with your name and SAS Guardian membership and they will also membership number to [email protected] receive a free campaign tshirt of your choice. What Australian reef did Tim Winton help save from the clutches of developers? The new Membership secret code is: LITTER

47 Left to Right: Philip Brown, Dom Ferris & Nick Austin

NAME Philip Brown

AGE: 46

OCCUPATION: Product Management and Development for Liverpool Victoria

LIVES: Bournemouth

48 WHAT DO CLEAN SEAS MEAN TO YOU? “I love the sea and really admire Clean seas mean a huge amount to me. I want the 24 years of campaigning the sea to be clean for my kids and their kids because I live by the sea and spend loads of that SAS have done” time on the beach and in the sea; surﬁng, body boarding, kayaking, and swimming. Whenever I’m out of town, I go and check out my local HOW DID YOU GET THROUGH THAT MOMENT? break on the way home. When I’m working in Knowing how many people had sponsored Bournemouth I ride my bike 6 miles along the me really made the decision for me, but it helps beach to work. being slightly mad and very stubborn.

TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS YOU’VE WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE SAS CAMPAIGN? DONE TO HELP PROTECT THE OCEAN? The POW campaign. I was actually lucky I’ve been on SAS beach cleans and regularly enough to go the House of Commons for the pick up other peoples rubbish on my local beach launch event and was really stoked to meet Ben when out running or walking on the beach. It Howard, Ben Skinner and Steve Skinner (and never ceases to amaze me how many people not forgetting many of the SAS team!). visit my local beach and think it is acceptable to just leave their rubbish within walking IF YOU WERE A SUPERHERO, WHAT WOULD distance of council bins so I try and make good YOUR SPECIAL POWER BE? environmental choices every day. I’d love to be able to breathe underwater!

WHAT’S DRIVEN YOU TO COMPLETE 5 BIG TELL US ABOUT A MEMORABLE MOMENT IN CHALLENGES FOR SAS THIS YEAR? THE WATER? I love the sea and really admire the 24 years Taking my daughter Ellie diving for the first of campaigning that SAS have done that time is right up there. I also swam into one of most recreational water users don’t seem to the huge jellyfish that were off the Bournemouth know about. coast this summer which was an interesting moment, until I realised they don’t sting! WHAT’S BEEN YOUR TOUGHEST MOMENT IN AN EVENT? IF YOU HAD A TIME MACHINE, WHEN WOULD During the 2014 Cornwall Big Swim Triathlon, YOU TRAVEL TO? I broke a toe. I’d finished the swim, I was 1 mile I grew up in Zambia so I’d go back in time and into the 5 mile run and had the 3 mile kayak, cross Africa with Dr David Livingstone. but I chose to complete the race. That was event 3 and event 4 is in a couple of days - the Doone WHO WOULD BE IN YOUR DREAM LINE UP? Run. It’s the 5th time I’ve done it for SAS and it’s Occy, Kelly Slater, Tony Kiedis, Brian Blessed, known as one of the toughest 10 mile races in the Eddie Izzard, Ben Howard, Ben Skinner, UK, as it’s part road, part trail, part footpath and Edward (my son), and Ellie (my daughter). covers coastal paths, wooded riverside banks and fell side slopes, and includes over 200ft WHAT’S YOUR NEXT MOVE? of climbing! Is my toe okay? No! Will I still Start fundraising for 2015 with an entry in the do it? Hell yes! 2015 Cornwall Big Swim Triathlon.

49 This year our raffle is bigger and better than contact Katy on 01872 553 001 or at katy@sas. ever, with some amazing prizes! We hope org.uk and we will send them to you as soon as there’s something exciting in there for everyone, possible! You never know we could be calling you including eco holidays for those of you who are with a fantastic Christmas present! looking to relax, and an array of other prizes for those of you who use the water in different ways. The 13 Incredible prizes up for grabs: The draw will take place on Thursday the 18th of December; and we hope to let all you lucky winners know the good news before Christmas! £2000 AT MSW! Our raffle is one of our biggest fundraisers so we need your help to take this year’s raffle to the next level. We have enclosed a book of tickets with your pipeline for you; many of you have already bought tickets and sent them back to us which is brilliant! We would like to call on you all to sell them to family, friends, or even people A massive £2000 to spend at the magic seaweed down the pub! Together we can make this year’s shop! What would you spend it on? Have a look and raffle a massive success! If you would like us to decide at: store.magicseaweed.com send you some more tickets to buy or sell please

The chance to craft your own stunning wooden surfboard with Otter surfboards at the workshop in Porthtowan, Cornwall. ottersurfboards.co.uk

Get enthusiastic and if you sell the most tickets you will win a luxury eco break for two at the Bedruthan Hotel and spa as a reward for all your work! bedruthan.com

Be the best friend ever when you and four friends win the ﬁrst session on the new Bristol Wave before it is open to the public! The runner up will receive this fantastic the-wave.co.uk Globe skateboard! globe.tv

50 A surf holiday for two in France courtesy of Star Surf Camp, including a ferry crossing for two with one car donated by Condor Ferries!

starsurfcamps.com condorferries.com A Fantastic retro surfboard shaped by Diplock Phoenix and sprayed with a unique design by Neil Erskine. diplockphoenix.co.uk

A fabulous fun board from Celtic Connections! celticconnectionsurf.co.uk

A Fusion sit on top kayak from pyranha.com

A relaxing stay in Carnmenellis, Cornwall This stunning Longboard donated by supernova for four people with Little White Alice! surfboards!supernovasurfboards.com littlewhitealice.co.uk

A custom designed made to measure ladies Camp in style in this beautiful bell tent from wetsuit from slynkwetsuits.com SoulPad! soulpad.co.uk

A stay for two at the Watergate Bay Hotel with a A custom made shortboard up to 7ft by Luke surf lesson with the Extreme Academy! Young Shapes lukeyoungshapes.co.uk watergatebay.co.uk

51 The fantastic Joe Way Paddle for life team donated £200 from this year’s event.

We would like to say a Truro School raised a fantastic huge thank you to all of the £700! Jonathan Clement raised £365 amazing individuals, teams, through his fundraising trip, schools, clubs and businesses Sea kayaking the Welsh Coast who have raised money for North to South. SAS – THANK YOU!

A very special thank you to Philip Brown who has raised an astonishing £2,585.78 this year through completing 5 Katy our amazing fundraising challenge events! This brings intern & the lovely Niamh Mike Lacey raised £361.92 Philips fundraising total to raised £69.99 through a swimming 10 miles for SAS! £8,145.32 over the past 5 years! collection at ASDA St Austell. Check out his stunning Dom from SAS and Nick from pictures here: LV competed alongside Philip www.wavesgallery.co.uk in the Cornwall Big Swim, Sally & Tom Bing, Sally raising an amazing £800 McGee, Tyree Waterson- between them! Anderson and Matt Ayre raised £210 with a fundraising ﬁlm night.

Alex Phillips & the Tiki team have raised £220 through a fundraising event & collection box – thank you! St Ives Surf School & The Balcony Bar St Ives raised an Maggie McDowell, raised an amazing £590 at the annual amazing £150 with a Fundraising Swell Board Shootout! Coffee Morning with the Killyleagh Women’s Institute.

52 Harry Waters has raised £320 James & Ellie donated £80 in through lots of fundraisers lieu of wedding presents. including kids selling strawberries and lemonade, an Dexters Surf Shop raised £16.29 Salt Air Adventures raised ebayathon, a beach clean and at a BBQ £200 though their coaster. - BBQ and ﬁnally a sponsored 72 www.saltair.co.uk hour dance with no food! Matt at Salvage Board Repairs Ali, Ian & James raised £120 has donated £25, he gives 10% at their charity gig at the Andrew Coleman raised £130 from all repairs to SAS. Sebright Arms. cycling the 100 mile South salvageboardrepairs.com Downs Way. Blackboys Church of England Tim McDowell raised £30 Primary School raised an through his Dorset surf spot amazing £315.70 through their Challenge. Waddle-a-thon!

The Saltrock Team in Jessica Ince raised an amazing Cromer Junior School donated Newquay have raised £136 £540 through the London to £18.50 from their odd clothing through the bag charge – Brighton Cycle challenge! day. thank you! Kevin Bell donated his fee from Newton Ferris COE VC Primary an article in Waterlog magazine! School donated £80 from their school mufti day Robert Palmer & his dad raised £285 by running the Plymouth ASDA Newquay donated £25 half marathon. from their Green Token Scheme Andrew Cauldwell our digital rep raised an amazing £205 Ruby & Jock Paterson raised Tom & Hetty from Koru taking the ‘High Road to Tibet! £44 through the movie night Kayaking donated £47 fundraiser. from the sale of their stunning calendars. Bexhill Sailing Club donated £137 through a fundraiser. My CSP donated £314.41 through their CSR scheme. Upper Hamble Canoe club donated £50. Our fundraisers are essential The fantastic Unicorn Pub in to SAS and have lots of fun Porthtowan have donated an Ben Heathcote raised £30 at raising money for us! If you’d incredible £378.58 from their the Tenby Boxing Day Swim like to organise your own Tide Parties. Longslade Community College fundraiser or complete a raised £15.69 at their challenge for SAS, contact Alex Rudge donated his fee of challenge day. [email protected] or call on £450 from working at End of The 01872 553001! Road Festival to SAS thank you!

53 Our 1% for The PETE & RACH FROM ED & SOPHIE Planet partners OCEAN ROCK ADVENTURE FROM SOUL & SURF are amazing and their support contributes a huge amount to our work protecting the UK’s coastline – THANK YOU!

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54 MATT & JOHN OWEN, ROSS, LUCY & ANNABEL ROB FROM SKYE ADVENTURE FROM UNITED BY DESIGN SHORE LINE TAXIS

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Huge THANK YOU to all the businesses who support SAS with a collection tin: www.thecoffeecamper.com Spirited Wines, London £55 Royal Oak, Bath £30 60sticks.co.uk Coast to Go, St. Ives £35.74

TOM FROM Saltrock, Newquay - £136 SHARPENSON Saltrock, St. Ives £76.71 MARTIN Perran Dairy £36.21 FROM BIONUTRITION Balcony Bar St.Ives, £4.74 Pels of St.Ives, £11.89 Secretspot Scarborough, £38.54 If you would like to host a collection tin please contact www.bionutrition.co.uk www.sharpenson.co.uk [email protected]

55 Our Beach guardian tees are made from recycled trash!

To support our beach clean The majority of marine litter events we are super excited to consists of plastic items such launch our new range of Beach as drinks bottles, carrier bags, Guardian tees and ﬂeeces. ﬁshing waste and sewage- Designed exclusively for SAS related debris. Plastics can take by Vicki Turner a British hundreds of years to degrade in Designer with a passion for the marine environment. the natural world. Please go online www.sas.org. uk/shop to check out the colours,urs, We salvaged waste cuttings sizes from XS to XXL and styles.les. from organic cotton clothing, shredded them, blended Everything you buy helps us with recycled plastic bottles, too, as all the money we make printed them with water based in the shop goes directly to inks and turned them into supporting SAS’s beach clean SAS Beach Guardian Tees. events and campaigns.

56 57 A whole heap of new stuff has just arrived in the SAS shop!

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Made and printed as they 2 The Original Vintage eye bring you this original graphic were back in the day, pieces A classic, this design first from the early 1990s. “We from our old school series, appeared in Pipeline Number knew no bounds, we had no revives the family of logos 10 in November 1992. A true fear. We were committed from and tees, offering it up to a vintage style zip front hoody take off ! Once we stood up, new generation. New limited from organic cotton loop back thousands of others joined, edition tees for little ones and fleece and organic cotton tees. this wasn’t just a local problem SAS timeless classics like the £25 t-shirt £50 Zip Hoody it was nationwide” Chris Hines chunky Fair Trade fleece are in SAS Founder £25 stock and ready for delivery! 3 The Warrior We have taken the classic and 5 Enamelware Mug 1 The Fairtrade popular SAS Eco Warrior The classic SAS tin mug Chunky fleece design from the late 90s and comes in white enamel with a The cotton in these hoodies re-printed it on organic long blue SAS stamp of approval. is Certified Fair Trade and sleeve tees and hoodies. £45 Porcelain fused onto heavy the polyester shell is recycled, gauge steel, scratch and stain thick, warm and cosy, perfect 4 Vintage Gas Mask Surfer resistant, highly durable and apres-surf wear! £60 From the archives of SAS we cannot burn. £9

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6 The Keepcup reusable exclusively for SAS, with 3 Great xmas gifts. Organic. takeaway coffee cup great designs and all in 100% Ethical. Fair Trade. By weight, there’s enough organic, soft cotton jersey. £18 Sustainable. Recycled. plastic in 28 disposable cups These are some of the values and lids to make one SAS 9 SAS Organic squid lips wax embodied in SAS merchandise KeepCup. Warranted for one 100% all natural, non toxic eco wherever possible, to reﬂect year, they are estimated to last wax. Researched, developed the very heart of our campaigns four. £12 and produced ethically, locally protecting people and the and exclusively for SAS by environment. And don’t forget, 7 The SAS Beach Towel surfers in France. £2 as a member of SAS, you get a Super absorbent beach towel 10% discount on all products with the classic SAS logo, !0 Insulated steel ﬂask at checkout! comes in a heavier 450gr Durable, double-walled weight. £34 construction and vacuum insulation assures that 8 Limited edition t-shirts beverages stay hot up to 6 for kids Inspiration comes hours, while iced drinks stay from the ocean, designed frosty for more than 24hrs £30

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This summer hundreds of volunteers supported our annual Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project in partnership with Surfers Against Sewage. Together we collected 1.3 tonnes of litter from 14 of the UK’s beaches. Thank you for helping to keep Britain’s Beaches Barefoot Friendly with us for the 7th year in a row. Looking forward to seeing you in 2015! © 2014 Barefoot Cellars, Modesto, CA. All Rights Reserved. I 313 BFC 129 1069

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